Volleyball tonight at 6 PM at G. rollie followed by a women's basketball game at 7:30

Volleyball is playing texas tech tonight (fyi)

I'll be there for a little while.

This week will determine whether we will be playing volleyball or just playing host in the postseason.

Here's a good Big12 endgame analysis (not mine, but it gets all the facts right) I took off another forum:

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I see your Big 12 teams slightly different - even though it doesn't exactly follow Pablo. Nebraska, Missouri, Texas, KSU and Colorado I agree are locks.

Here are the current Big 12 and overall record of the five teams in the middle of the conference: (after Nebraska, Missouri & Texas)

Kansas State 9-9, with Baylor and Oklahoma still at home - they should end up 11-9 and 20-10 overall. That would give them 4th place in the conference.

Colorado 10-9, only have Nebraska away left - probably end up 10-10 and 15-12 overall and no worse than tied for 5th in the conference. (Colorado has some non-conference matches including Florida this weekend)

Iowa State 8-10 playing at TAMU on Wednesday and at home against Kansas Saturday. Huge match for both them and Texas A & M on Wednesday. ISU has already beat both of these teams once this year. I think if they can split and end up 9-11 (16-15 overall) they still have a outside shoot at getting into the tournament, but by winning out and ending up 10-10, (17-14 overall) they'd be tied for 5th in the conference and have two wins over both TAMU & Kansas. I think would make them a pretty sure bet for making the field.

TAMU 7-10 with Tech Tech (a make up match) tonight at home, then ISU on Wednesday and on the road this weekend at Missouri. If you figure they are going to drop the road match to Missouri, the best they can do is 9-11 in the Big 12 (16-13). So if they loss either tonight or Wednesday against ISU, they'll probably be 8-12 in the conference (though still 16-15) and I just don't think the committee can justify taking them. So I think, for all practical purposes, the tournament is starting tonight for them with Texas Tech.

Kansas 7-11. I mention them because they are the only other team in the Big 12 that could still end up 9-11 (Baylor can't so I think they're out). KU has Missouri at home and Iowa State on the road but it's pretty tough to pencil in wins in either of those matches.

So the way I see it, after the first five teams I mentioned in the beginning, it is Iowa State and Texas A & M that are bubble teams and probably only one of them makes it, most likely the winner of the match Wednesday at A & M.

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I am almost positive we beat ISU in Ames. I will check right now. IF we beat ISU and Texas Tech I believe we are in.

We beat ISU in Ames, so even if they beat us tomorrow the season series would be tied.

I think the bigger deal is beating ISU so we have a shot at .500 in conference. Not to mention hanging on to 6th place in the B12. That will give us a much better chance of making the tourney. But Mizzou at Columbia is gonna be tough, we'll have to dig deep for that one!

But one match at a time. BTHOisu!

Gig'em!
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[This message has been edited by AgEE (edited 11/22/2005 1:14p).]

Man, looking back at it, that 3 match stretch in the middle of the season against CU, BU & TTU while Kendra was hurt really bites! If we had 2 or 3 of those matches we'd be in pretty good shape right now.

Gig'em!
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Adversity is the universe doing you the favor of exposing your weaknesses. If all those losses can be put down to the absence of one player*, that speaks strongly to our depth chart, an issue that only the coaches can address through careful and aggressive recruiting.

*which would only explain a few of this season's many losses

[This message has been edited by wannaggie (edited 11/22/2005 3:59p).]